Shepherds Quaked

 

 

Out on a lowly hill

While their sheep attending

Shepherds quaked in great fear

Seeing angels descending.

 

“What could this mean?”

They thought to themselves

For surely it couldn’t be Santa

And his fairy tale elves.

 

Tales of Santa Clause

Was not back then rife

So why the presence of these angels

At this time in their life?

 

Fearing the worst

They huddled together

When words of the angels hinted

No need to bother.

 

 

“Fear not,” they said,

Stilling the shepherd’s fear,

And told to them the promise

We still hold dear.

 

For God so loved

That He selflessly gave

His only begotten Son, Jesus,

Our lives to save.

 

In a manger he lay

Right up the shepherd’s street

For unhindered they could go

And at Emmanuel peep.

 

I used peep for rhyme

But their eyes feasted

On the King of kings, Lord of lords

Whom they had visited.

 

 

With fear they had quaked

But not for long,

“Let us go and see,” they said,

Reminding us of a song…

 

A song we love to sing

At this yuletide season

About who it was that came

As well as the reason.

 

“While shepherds watched,

All seated on the ground”,

From heaven there came singing

As angels came down.

 

Shepherds quaked

At that wondrous sight,

When into this world of darkness

Came Jesus, the Light. 

 

To you, is born this day,

In the city of David,

The Saviour,

Who is Christ the Lord.

 

They had endured long

Expecting the Messiah

But in fullness of time he came,

Sing Alleluia.

 

Stewart Russell © December 9, 2024